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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36077879/ns/world_news-europe/?GT1=43001
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36077879/ns/world_news-europe/?GT1=43001
My best goes out to the Russians today. The common threat of terrorism
has hit them again.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/vanishing_american_air_superio.html
Vanishing American Air Superiority
By J.R. Dunn
The debate over the F-22 Raptor has been carried out at the customary
level of simplemindedness we've become used to when Congress handles
military questions. Since the early...

"Pressure is building from lawmakers on the Hill for
the Navy and Marines to buy more Hornets as the
current fleet gets older and the arrival date for the
JSF continues to slip."
See:
http://defensetech.org/2010/03/20/jsf-price-tag-jumps-to-135-million/
How expensive is the JSF going to get?

DefenseDaily
Navy Grounds 104 Hornets To Inspect For Airframe Cracking
As a result of an emerging safety of flight issue with legacy Boeing
F/A-18A-D Hornets, the Navy is grounding 104 of the aircraft
after inspections revealed that cracking has occurred earlier than
predicted in some airframes,...

Navy Grounds 104 Hornets To Inspect For Airframe Cracking
As a result of an emerging safety of flight issue with legacy Boeing
F/A-18A-D Hornets, the Navy is grounding 104 of the aircraft
after inspections revealed that cracking has occurred earlier than
predicted in some airframes, according to...

On 3/1/2010 1:58 AM, Daryl Hunt wrote:
"hcobb" wrote in message
I was answering your question about a fighter with a software
limitation on where on the map it could fly to.
The F-22 Raptor and the International Date Line was the only example I
could...

Inside the Air Force - 2/26/2010
Fraser: Focus on capability not a date
Air Force To Slip F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Initial Deployment Date To
2015
The Air Force will delay the initial deployment date of the F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter more than two years in response to Defense Secretary
Robert...

The last time I visited NAS Whidbey Island I was supprised not to find an A-3 Skywarrior on static display. However, "with a little help from my friend" there may be one in the future.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/195370.asp?source=pimail
Wayne

The 26-page plan assumes annual spending of $29 billion per year
beginning in fiscal year 2016 for tactical aircraft in the Navy and
Air Force. It projects a 177 percent increase -- about 500 aircraft --
in the unmanned aircraft inventory as well as a 350 percent increase
-- an additional 1,000...

U.S. Navy Takes Aim at 'Fighter Gap'
By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS
Each U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron will lose some of its 10 or 12
aircraft between deployments - one of several details emerging about
the service's plans to ease an upcoming shortage of strike fighters.
The so-called fighter gap is...

report is at http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/ArsenalsEnd_Kapstein_Feb2010_code324.pdf
New CNAS Report Examines F-35, American Power and the Global Defense
Industry
WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 22, 2010  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates'
recent firing of the F-35 Program Manager has...

"The U.S. Navy is planning to demonstrate an
armed, sensor-equipped, carrier-based unmanned
combat aircraft system (UCAS) by 2018, as a
follow-on to carrier-suitability and autonomous
aerial-refueling demonstrations planned for
completion in...